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Tompkins was working for the Yosemite Association’s wilderness center issuing permits for back-country hiking. Like a lot of other park employees, Tompkins went out hiking alone after he got off work on Friday afternoon, Gediman said.

Rock climbers found Tompkins’ body Monday just west of Lower Yosemite Falls, and investigators were trying to determine from where exactly he fell, Gediman said.

The park said Tompkins was a student at California State University Stanislaus, but university spokeswoman Eve Hightower said Thursday that he was not enrolled, although he had attended the Turlock school last year.